Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-11-18

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said he had been in Alabama since about
last December.
The First of the Series of Educational
Concerts.
The piano concert by the distinguished
artist, DR.. LOUIS Mas of Boston, on last
Monday evening, was we'll attended and
was rare treat to our music loving peo-
pie. DR.. Mas came to US heralded as ore
of the greatest pianists in America, and
right well did he sustain his reputation;
for nothing like his superb performance
has ever been heard IN Staunton before.
He kept his audience closely interested
from the opening notes of the lengthy
and intricate Schumanl fantastic. (Which
he rendered in an artistic, scholarly man
ner). to the closing notes Of the brilliant
and difficult Gottschalk Tremolo Etude,
and there was a general regret
when the great artist left the stage for the
last time.
DR.. Mas playing is characterized by
great breadth and power, and repose of
manner, coupled with wonderfully per-
feet technic, and the most exauisitely ar
tistic taste and expression ranging from
the most delicate pianissimo, as evinced
in his exquisitely beautiful rendering of
the Chopin Berceuse. to the most thunder
GUS fortssimo, as exhibited in his superb
rendering of the great Polonaise in Alb. by
Chopin, the resounding octave passages in
the left hand being grandly executed, and
the noted crescendo being snperbly work
ed out.
Not the least remarkable feature of DR..
Mas playing was bis wonderful power
of memory, as exhibited in bis giving bis
entire program--by no means light one
without notes, playing everything from
memory.
This was the first of series of three
concerts or recitals, designed by the teach
ers OF music in the different female semi
naries, as an educational adjunct to their
courses of study-the Importance to pupils
of hearing good music we'll rendered being
hard to Overestimate-and It was well at
tended by the school girls.
The second concert of the series will tie
given on December 30th, by the famous
Mendelssohn QuIntette Club.
Growth OF Rumors.
Stanton, which in the matters of ru-
mors always proves itself equal to any
emergency, had wide field for excitement
over the little trouble at the Pocahontas
mines. The facts appear to be that the
white and coored American miners OBJ
jected to the presence of a gang of Hun
garian miners on account of their ''gener-
al hoggishness" and especially their buy
ing the easy places from the mine bosses.
Carrying out their objection, the Ameri
can miners had f-ticutf and stick bout
with the Hungarians. The Mayor tele
graphed for troops and Gov. Lee seut so
/ State troops from Lynchburg. Three col
Ored and four white American miners
we're arrested and carried to Tazewell G.
Fl. promptly, and the scrimmage ended
nobody shot or hurt. In Staunton, Col. Ru-
NOR called out the Jackson Rifles from
twenty to thirty times day between Sat-
urday morning and Monday night; blew
up with dynamite many of the Lyncaburg
volunteers, and pnt the Southwestern end
of the State under martial law every half
hour. The Colonel personally saw all the
| phantom kilograms, and frequently saw
| man who had seen the dead bodies. or had
, been expecting this thing at Pocahontas
for long time.' The Colonel had d
halcyon time for forty-eight hours.
Juries for Circuit and County Courts.
The following Petit Jurors have been
| selected and drawn to attend the Circuit
Court on Monday next, 2lst inst: Richard
| Hogshead, H. Finley Gilkeson, Cyrus
Crelgh, John D. BalleW, w. Arthur Will
son. VIM, A. McPheeters, Charles \.
Lightner, Jacob Croft. Wm. j. Scott,
VIM. M. Harnsberger, r. F. Wallace,
| James A. Speck, James w. Spiece, Craw-
| ford NJ. Trimble, John A. Sprou, Jas. A.
McCue, John P. Hogshead. VIM. S. Hiser,
| Peter J. Crawn, John M. II. Randolph,
| Giles T, Reeves.
The following is the yenire to attend the
County Court on Tuesday, the 2esh inst
john c. Gardner. Bebj Il. Hiidebrand, A.
L. LaRue, John s. Linn, J. Alexander
Bumgardner. Robert II. Depriest, James
| B. Collins, George M. Tisdale, John H.
Stump. Frank H. Gilkeson, George IL.
Armentrout, Samuel e. Brown, VIM. II.
Bailey, VIM. Z. Barton, Thomas M.
| Butler, Edwin J. Gushing, and John A.
LightneF.
The Electric Light.
The com mercial wires are nearly all
strung, and last night sixty out of the